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Deed Rock/God’s Acre, of interest

Just a friendly reminder that we’ll be having an Earth Day cleanup for God’s Acre/Swan Avenue on Saturday, May 1 from 8am to noon followed by pizza. If you can’t make it to the whole thing, come for as long as you can. If you want to show up really early, my husband and I will probably be out there starting at 6am to take care of a few isolated areas. I’ve put together a map for how to get to the cleanup from Mill Street.

Also, I’ve been trying to do some research on the web to put together a brochure on God’s Acre (to accompany a more detailed trail map) — though I know that eventually I’ll have to go to the Worcester Room to do more research.

October 26, 1997: The city’s then-marketing director, Kevin O’Sullivan, sees God’s Acre and says, “Just look at this. The idea that all the economic development is downtown isn’t the complete picture. No other city can offer this. This is product,” he said, referring to the potential for outdoor experiences offered by the trail.

I suggest you go here first, log in with your library card number, press the Massachusetts Newsstand button, and then you should be able to click on the links in this post and have them open. Does that help?

I’ll try to take a picture of the cans and bottles I fill in my walks (enough to fill a 30-gallon container every week) and post it at some point. Will is preaching to the choir, because I’m usually picking up other people’s trash every day.

Hi Nicole. I’m considering moving to the area for school and like the website and clean-up effort. Considered the streets around God’s acre for renting but it seems super expensive. If graffiti and trash are as bad as it sounds, someone like me should look further away from town. I thank everyone pitching in for 2013 Earth Day and by the way, if anyone can point me towards affordable housing away from airport noise, highway noise and sirens I’m all ears: blackrm79@yahoo.com